Texas Wesleyan University

Director of admissions

Sherolyn Hurst

Application deadline

03/31

Full-time program application fee

$55

Part-time program application fee

$55

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,951

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

945

Overall acceptance rate

Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled

273

Number of full-time program applicants

1,544

Number of full-time program acceptances

791

Full-time acceptance rate

51.2%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

185

Number of part-time program applicants

407

Number of part-time program acceptances

154

Part-time acceptance rate

37.8%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

88

25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students

2.89-3.43

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students

150-155

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students

2.83-3.47

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students

149-154

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar

TX

School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers

87.6%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

84.0%

Total graduates

198

Graduates employed at graduation

55.9%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$50,000

Median private sector starting salary

$62,450

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$75,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

78%

Median public service starting salary

$50,000

Percent employed in academia

0.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

27.0%

Percent employed in government

16.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

3.0%

Percent employed in law firms

51.0%

Percent employed in public interest

2.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

1.0%

Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge

0.0%

Graduates employed in-state

91%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

8

New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

0.7%

East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)

0.0%

West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

0.0%

South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)

2.2%

East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)

0.7%

West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)

91.4%

Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)

1.4%

Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)

3.6%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Students and alumni are provided with career development, counseling services and resources from the first year of law school throughout their careers. We offer personal counseling sessions, seminars covering job search and various practice areas, cover letter and resume review, on-campus interviews, job fairs, online job bank and library. Office hours: 8:30-6:30 weekdays and by appt. on weekends.

Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)

65.0%

J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)

6.0%

Professional/other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse)

11.0%

Nonprofessional/other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path)

1.0%